Class 10 - History

Print culture and the modern world Online MCQs Test

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Set 25

1. In the 1930s, what did Bangalore cotton millworkers set up to educate themselves?

Political parties
Trade unions
Libraries
Social clubs

2. What was the purpose of the libraries set up by Bangalore cotton millworkers?

To promote excessive drinking
To restrict excessive drinking
To engage in political activism
To propagate colonial rule

3. Who sponsored the libraries for Bangalore cotton millworkers?

The colonial state
Social reformers
Trade unions
British officers

4. Before 1798, what was the colonial state's attitude towards censorship?

Strict censorship
Limited censorship
No censorship
Censorship against Indians only

5. Whom did the colonial state target with its early measures to control printed matter before 1798?

Indians critical of Company misrule
British officials supportive of Company actions
Social reformers
Colonial officials in England

6. In the 1820s, what did the Calcutta Supreme Court do to control press freedom?

Enacted regulations to promote press freedom
Encouraged critical newspapers
Passed regulations to control press freedom
Ignored press-related issues

7. In 1835, what did Governor-General Bentinck do in response to urgent petitions by editors?

Enforced stricter press laws
Revised press laws to restore freedoms
Ignored the petitions
Banned newspapers

8. Who formulated new rules in 1835 that restored press freedoms?

Governor-General Bentinck
Social reformers
Thomas Macaulay
Bangalore cotton millworkers

9. What was the concern of the Company regarding criticisms by Englishmen in India before 1798?

Trade monopoly in India
Caste discrimination
Excessive drinking
Colonial misrule

10. In the early twentieth century, who formulated new rules that restored press freedoms?

Governor-General Bentinck
Social reformers
Thomas Macaulay
Bangalore cotton millworkers